On the one side is a question of property; on the other side is the vital question of Human Freedom in its most transcendent form,--not merely Freedom for a day or a year, but for life, and the freedom of generations that shall succeed so long as Slavery endures.
Sumner contrasts the interests of property with the fundamental question of human freedom in the context of slavery.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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